Ohio Sunday Papers | Sunday, January 4, 2009

• Insight: How Bad? 5 Economists Answer Questions About Recession, Ohio Economy - Columbus Dispatch

Editor’s Note: Just when you think the Dispatch editorial staff is still on vacation, they came up with this interesting piece in Sunday’s Insight section.  Let’s hear it for localizing a national story and doing it from a broad perspective.  The economists include a liberal, conservative, a federal reserve staffer, and private sector expertise.  Check it out.

• After the Flames: The Story of the 1969 Cuyahoga River Fire - The Plain Dealer
• Killings rip apart city’s fabric - Cincinnati Enquirer
• Cuyahoga sheriff lays off some, rewards family friends with raises - The Plain Dealer
• Op-Ed, Thomas Suddes: Suddes’ Crystal Ball
• Op-Ed, Joe Hallett: Brown, Strickland optimistic on economy turning corner - Columbus Dispatch
• Editorial: That Sinking Feeling - Toledo Blade
• Strickland, Governors call for $1 trillion in aid to states - The Plain Dealer
• Measure takes aim at sexual slavery - Toledo Blade
• Plans afoot for coal to liquid fuel plant in Wellsville - Youngstown Vindicator
• New Ohio legislature begins Monday - Dayton Daily News
• Ohio AG’s Washington Office closing - The Plain Dealer
• Columbia Gas, state reach deal on gorge - Columbus Dispatch
• Fewer truckers needed as economy gears down - Columbus Dispatch
• Fighting off the bear market - Columbus Dispatch
• Dick Feagler talks about 45-year career - The Plain Dealer
• Consumer advocates see bright spot in 2009 - The Plain Dealer
• Most important Ohio legislation passed in 2008 - The Plain Dealer
• Editorial: Husted made his mark - The Plain Dealer
• Editorial: Husted won’t just warm senate seat - Dayton Daily News
• BGSU to lay off 43 salaried workers - Toledo Blade

Ohio Sunday Papers - December 7, 2008

Columbus Dispatch

• Will 9/11 become Pearl Harbor for a generation?
• Stivers - Kilroy: Final Count Begins
• Op-Ed, Joe Hallett: Huckabee boldly delineates GOP’s social issues dilemma
• Op-Ed, Jonathan Riskind: Big 3 bailout faces double standard
• State smoking ban nets new fines, warnings

• Editorial: More Fiscal Recklessness

Cleveland Plain Dealer

What’s Wrong with the Browns?

Dimora’s neighborhood attracts friends, powerful, some connected to probe

Feds seek info on those who gave gifts to Russo, Dimora

Parma mayor has a lobbyist in Columbus

Op-Ed, Thomas Suddes: Calculating the cost of Ohio’s budget news

Dayton Daily News

• Smoking ban enforcement uneven to nonexistent
• Some push for change in smoking ban
• Dayton lawyers sue Accenture on behalf of Ohio taxpayers

Toledo Blade

• Publisher denies role in recall effort
• Ohio mayors, suppliers worry about latest GM cuts

Cincinnati Enquirer

• Editorial: Governors face deep state deficits
• Editorial: Auto bailout driving public conversation

Ohio Sunday Papers - November 9, 2008

Politics & Elections News

• Obama’s focus on rural and urban Ohio paid off - Dayton Daily News
• Budish will focus on economy as Speaker - The Plain Dealer
• Voters more likely to mess up without machines - Columbus Dispatch
• Cuyahoga Corruption probe one of many investigations - The Plain Dealer
• Out of state volunteers energized campaigns - The Plain Dealer
• Quick action on economy tops wish list - Toledo Blade
• Young people tune into Obama’s call to service - Columbus Dispatch
• Editorial: Working Together - Columbus Dispatch
• Editorial: Ohio Dems have a House of their own - The Plain Dealer
• Editorial: Dems should preserve Republican school reforms - Columbus Dispatch
• Op-Ed, Joe Hallett: Republicans lost more ground than Dems gained - Columbus Dispatch
• Op-Ed, Mayor Michael Coleman: Black community’s expectations a hurdle for Obama - Columbus Dispatch
• Op-Ed, Jonathan Riskind: Obama, Charles Preston and History - Columbus Dispatch
• Op-Ed, Thomas Suddes: Bill before Ohio Legislature bad for consumers - The Plain Dealer

Other News

• Rush to deregulate - Columbus Dispatch
• Cleveland Medical Mart threatened by NY project - The Plain Dealer
• Cleveland or NY? Advantages for Medical Mart - The Plain Dealer

Ohio Sunday Papers

Windstorm One Week Later

• Residents gladly losing their limbs – Columbus Dispatch
• Windstorm: Help Available – Columbus Dispatch
• Editorial: The wind blew, but count your blessings – The Plain Dealer
• First Energy says 2,800 homes still without power – The Plain Dealer
• DP&L says 11,000 to get power on Sunday – Dayton Daily News
• Some criticize DP&L – Dayton Daily News

Other News

• Few Central Ohio Fire Depts Hit National Standard for Response Time – Columbus Dispatch
• Undecided voters hold key in Ohio – Dayton Daily News
• State keeps ambulance-run data under wraps – Columbus Dispatch
• Ohio survey gives McCain six point edge – Toledo Blade
• Op-Ed, Joe Hallett: Truth Stretching the Norm in Politics – Columbus Dispatch
• Op-Ed, Jonathan Riskind: Economic Tremors will Have Major Effect in OH – Columbus Dispatch
• Healthcare: How McCain’s, Obama’s plans would help – Columbus Dispatch
• Ohio Poll: McCain over Obama 48-42 – Columbus Dispatch
• Endorsements: Stivers and Tiberi – Columbus Dispatch
• Endorsement: Re-elect LaTourette – The Plain Dealer
• Op-Ed, Thomas Suddes: Ensuring full employment for ex-legislators – The Plain Dealer
• Kevin Kelley used to coming out on top – The Plain Dealer
• Small streams all determine Lake Erie water quality – The Plain Dealer
• Tony Hall to endorse Obama in Christian radio ad – Dayton Daily News
• Regula leaves mark – Akron Beacon Journal
• Obama leads NE Ohio – Youngstown Vindicator

Sunday Papers September 14 – OSU?, Tax abatements as development tool, Dimora, Cuyahoga Corruption, Opinion, Obama, McCain, Browns Gameday

Ohio State Destroyed in LA

• West Toast – Columbus Dispatch

Ohio News & Opinion

• State failing to track new jobs – Columbus Dispatch
• Abatement help – Columbus Dispatch
• McCain tax cuts simply too pricey says Greenspan – Columbus Dispatch
• D.C. Dispatches – Columbus Dispatch
• Pair wonder why their names on inventory list from Dimora’s office – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Endorsement: Moran for Ohio House 42 – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Editorial: Obama-ites should take a deep breath – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Op-Ed, Joe Frolik: Polls seem to show and Ohio up for grabs – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Op-Ed, Thomas Suddes: Explaining Ohio’s voting patterns difficult – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Goodyear complex coming together – Akron Beacon Journal
• Editorial: Troubled by term limits – Akron Beacon Journal
• Op-Ed, Michael Douglas: Battleplan for Ohio – Akron Beacon Journal
• Two Governors talk Obamanomics in NW Ohio – Toledo Blade

Cleveland Browns GameDay

• Can Browns erase Black & Gold nightmare? – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Browns v. Steelers Game Preview – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Pluto on Offense – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Shaw on Defense – Cleveland Plain Dealer

News – Strickland, DHL, Palin in Lebanon, Obama in Ohio, ODOT, Brunner and ballots, Space, Husted, Kim Jong-Il Revered Glorious Leader, Hurricane Ike, Pakistan-Afghanistan, U.S. Budget Deficit

Ohio News

• Strickland administration says DHL job-cutting plan may be illegal – Columbus Dispatch
• Moonbats wild about Palin in Lebanon – Columbus Dispatch
• Obama wants to double funding for charter schools – Columbus Dispatch

Dear Politicians: Charter Schools are the easy way out. Fix public education.

• ODOT pays $2 million in overtime to workers who aren’t eligible – Columbus Dispatch
• Ohio Lawmakers Reluctantly back Bailout – Columbus Dispatch
• Absentee ballot policy under fire – Columbus Dispatch
• Space-Dailey Race – Columbus Dispatch
• Husted won’t say whether he’s SecState candidate – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• J. Kevin Kelley campaign contributors draw FBI scrutiny – Cleveland Plain Dealer

Hurricane Ike

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Across Haiti a Scene of Devastation – Washington Post
• Billions of damage in Cuba, Ike Sets Sites on Texas – Reuters

World News

• Glorious leader almost certainly ill – BBC
• Russians hail Georgia deal as big win – Christian Science Monitor
• U.S. still weighing stronger action against Russia – Los Angeles Times
• Zadari, Karzai pledge new era of cooperation – Washington Post

Has Zadari told the ISI?

• U.S. federal budget deficit approaches $407 billion – Associated Press

Thanks, Shrub! We’re not only safer because you created terrorists over there in Iraq so you could talk about not having to fight them here … you’ve left us bankrupt! You Jackass.

Time Out for News: Grand Jury begins in Cuyahoga Corruption probe, grading Ohio’s schools, Cleveland is pretty poor, Convention news from Dispatch

Ohio News

• Federal Grand Jury begins meeting in Cuyahoga Corruption probe – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Cleveland is nation’s second-poorest big city – Associated Press
• Emotional start in Denver – Columbus Dispatch
• Grading your schools – Columbus Dispatch

• Columbus Mayor’s security not going to Denver – Columbus Dispatch

I would hope the Mayor’s security isn’t going to Denver – I mean outside of Central Ohio, who the hell is Mike Coleman? It would be pretty presumptuous and egotistical for the Mayor to drag his security and the taxpayers’ wallets around the country on political trips. Actually, does the Mayor even need security in CMH?

• State panel OK with Medicaid drug rule – Columbus Dispatch
• McCain tries to split up Dems – Columbus Dispatch
• GOP needs Ohio most: Dems – Columbus Dispatch
• Editorial: Silver Linings – Columbus Dispatch
• Paramount Studios seeks economic incentives from Ohio – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Buckeye Institute proposes dropping income tax – Cleveland Plain Dealer

Sunday Papers – Dispatch Poll: McCain Ahead (barely), Tubbs-Jones, Paying fines with Pennies, Voting Machines, Frank Russo, First Solar, Biden Pick, GM Lordstown, Economy, New Poll, Al Qaeda

Ohio News

• So far, voters in Ohio like McCain a bit more (Dispatch Poll) – Columbus Dispatch
• Obama needs to use this week to unite his party – Columbus Dispatch
• Op-Ed, Jonathan Riskind: Loss of Tubbs-Jones felt on both sides of aisle – Columbus Dispatch
• Man tries to pay fine with pennies – Columbus Dispatch
• Editorial: Dropped, then caught – Columbus Dispatch
• Communities rethink benefits of drilling for gas – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Russo’s son closes business – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Op-Ed, Thomas Suddes: Strickland works while legislators sleep – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Editorial: Strickland must lead sustained campaign against sick leave initiative – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Patients suffer as care, coverage limits collide – Toledo Blade
• Editorial: Sunny news for a change – Toledo Blade
• Local Ds and Rs like Biden for different reasons – Dayton Daily News
• New stars for Ohio Dems at convention – Dayton Daily News
• Local delegates see convention as time to unite – Dayton Daily News
• Editorial: Only Obama can make the case for Obama – Dayton Daily News
• Local Dems cheer Biden – Cincinnati Enquirer
• Editorial: News is good at GM Lordstown – Warren Tribune Chronicle
• Editorial: Ohio plays crucial role in GM Lordstown – Youngstown Vindicator

National/World

• In Obama’s choice a ‘very personal decision’ – New York Times
• Obama’s pick adds foreign policy expertise – New York Times
• A senate stalwart who bounced back – New York Times
• U.S. and global economies slip in unison – New York Times
• A teacher on front line as faith and science clash – New York Times
• A courteous call and a quick strike from McCain – New York Times
• Fear keeps Iraqis out of their Baghdad homes – New York Times
• At conference on risks to earth, few are optimistic – New York Times
• Poll: Support for each candidate holds steady – Washington Post
• Obama calls pick a statesman and fighter – Washington Post
• Al Qaeda masters terrorism on the cheap – Washington Post

Sunday Papers – Ohio Pres Campaign, AG Harassment, Cuyahoga Land Deal, Casinos, Strickland, Boccieri, Schuring, DHL, Sick Days

Ohio News

• On the trail in Ohio: The Spots that Draw Politicians Like Flies – Columbus Dispatch
• State gets hearing in AG-Harassment case postponed – Columbus Dispatch
• Editorial: November’s Prospects – Columbus Dispatch
• Op-Ed, Joe Hallett: Here’s a fishing trip both candidates should go on – Columbus Dispatch
• Op-Ed, Jonathan Riskind: Ohio’s conservatives still distrustful of McCain – Columbus Dispatch
• Land deal a series of missed chances – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Editorial: Ohio must make itself heard by the candidates – Plain Dealer
• Op-Ed, Thomas Suddes: Casinos as revenue machines ‘iffy’ – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Strickland supporters gather for cornhole & speeches – Akron Beacon Journal
• Editorial: Depceptive ballot language – Akron Beacon Journal
• Editorial (from Friday): Deadline for a deal – Akron Beacon Journal
• Rural economic woes may provide opening for Obama – Dayton Daily News
• Editorial: McCain Right on DHL But it’s Not Pretty – Dayton Daily News
• Meet the men behind 16^th Congressional Distr Race – Canton Repository
• Ohio sick days compromise heading to big fight – Canton Repository
• Editorial: Sick Days initiative could cost more Ohio jobs – Warren Tribune Chronicle

Saturday a.m. News – Ohio jobless rate, Paid Sick Days, Brunner, Rogers, Sen. Kearney, Cuyahoga Corruption, Bob Ney, Schmidt Tax Cheat?

Ohio News

• Ohio hit hard by job cuts – Columbus Dispatch
• Business Groups blog compromise on sick days – Columbus Dispatch
• Brunner, Rogers trying to avoid election scraps – Columbus Dispatch
• Bob Ney freed after 17 months – Columbus Dispatch
• GOP cries foul over voting law it passed – Columbus Dispatch
• Editorial: Backbone Lacking – Columbus Dispatch
• The debate over mandatory sick pay – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Compromise on sick days stalls – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Fears Cuyahoga Corruption probe may affect schools – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Editorial: Put Ohio judges’ party affiliations out there – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Ohio’s jobless rate highest in 15 years – Dayton Daily News
• 22 firms got Duke discount – Cincinnati Enquirer
• Kearney’s big asset for Obama – Cincinnati Enquirer
• Congresswoman Schmidt tax troubles? – Cincinnati Enquirer

Thursday A.M. Read – Sick Days, Dimora, Uninsured, Brunner, Marc Dann!, Russia v. Georgia, Rice, McCain, Energy Policy

Ohio News

• Editorial: Sick Leave Fight May Require a Power Play by Strickland – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Number of uninsured in Ohio may be higher than report shows – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Political party leaders spar over election rule – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Prominent Dems want Dimora out – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• By 2042, minorities to be majority – Columbus Dispatch
• Anniversary: Largest blackout in US history – Columbus Dispatch
• Dann had rejected favorite for Academy – Columbus Dispatch
• GOP Fear: Voting too soon – Columbus Dispatch
• GOP pushes Cordray to return money – Columbus Dispatch
• Editorial: Full Accounting on Factory Farms – Columbus Dispatch

National/International News

• Russian forces begin pullout from Gori – VOA
• Rice says Russia faces isolation – BBC
• Bush squares up to Putin – Times of London
• Russia rejects West’s call to recognize Georgian sovereignty – The Guardian
• Op-Ed, John McCain: We are all Georgian – Wall Street Journal
• Now is the key time for energy in presidential race – NY Magazine
• Insurgency’s scars mar Afghan main road – New York Times
• GOP in House at risk in NE – New York Times

Tuesday a.m. Clips – Ohio Rs: No to Romney; Ohio Highway Patrol sexiness; Dimora & Russo; Ohio AG race; War of Russian Aggression; Dimora & Russo; Payday lending; Debunking offshore drilling